“We are all of us in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.”

Wait a minute … didn’t Oscar Wilde say that in the late 1800s?

Or how about when the late great Kurt Cobain sang:

“Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not after you.”

That’s a line from the 1961 novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

Yes, musicians steal lyrics. Perhaps the most honest admission of this fact comes from Wilco on a track from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot:

“There’s bourbon on the breath of the singer you love so much. He takes all his words from the books that you don’t read anyway.”

Guess what? Your next idea could come from the books that your competitors don’t read. That’s one way entrepreneurs “steal” ideas, and it goes way beyond books.

In this episode, you’ll discover how to increase your creativity the smart way. You’ll hear how entrepreneurs ranging from Henry Ford to Steve Jobs achieved immense innovation by borrowing ideas from others … and being quite candid about it.

Listen in for my conversation with Austin Kleon, New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like and Artist and Show Your Work. Once you understand how “stealing” actually works, your next great idea will be ready for you to find.

Comedian Marc Maron is tackling the most complex philosophical question of our day - WTF? He’ll get to the bottom of it with help from comedian friends, celebrity guests and the voices in his own head. You loved him on Morning Sedition. You kinda liked him on The Marc Maron Show. You tolerated him on Break Room Live. Now, embrace him on a show from which he cannot be fired - WTF with Marc Maron.

The DCR podcast is produced weekly in conjunction with TRS Radio, and features all my latest thoughts on a wide variety of topics. The way it works is that we actually take your voicemails on any topic you want. Be it trying to find the right trainer, or wanting to know what I think about the latest Ironman policy shift. It’s a potpourri of my noggin, served up in 30 minute episodes each Monday.

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